ARTICLE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. The parties to this Agreement are agreed that it is of the utmost importance to adjust complaints and grievances as quickly as possible. Unless agreed to by both the Company and the Union, no grievance shall be presented, the alleged circumstances of which originated or occurred, or should have come to the attention of the employee concerned, more than five (5) working days prior to its original presentation in writing at Step A grievance shall consist of a dispute concerning interpretation and/or application of any Article, Schedule or Clause in this Agreement. Should a grievance arise it shall be handled as follows. Prior to filing a formal grievance, an employee will, with the assistance of his xxxxxxx, refer the on an informal basis to his immediate Supervisor. If the grievance cannot be settled as a result of this discussion, then it may be dealt with as follows: STEP The employee shall a written grievance with his immediate Supervisor within five (5) working days of the incident giving rise to the complaint. The immediate Supervisor shall answer the grievance within five (5) working days. The grievance shall specify the Article or Articles and subsections of the Agreement of which a violation is alleged, indicate the relief sought and be signed by the employee. STEP Should the employee be dissatisfied with the disposition of the grievance at Step the grievance may be referred to the Plant Manager within five (5) working days after receipt of the immediate Supervisor's reply at Step The Plant Manager shall convene a meeting with the and Chief Xxxxxxx and shall answer the grievance in writing within five (5) working days of such meeting. STEP If no settlement is reached at Step the the Union Grievance Committee and representatives of Management shall meet to discuss the grievance within five (5) working days of receipt of the reply of the Plant Manager. The Union's National Representative will be in attendance at this meeting. If the grievance is not settled within five (5) working days it may be referred to arbitration as hereinafter provided. The Union or the Company may initiate a grievance beginning at Step of the Grievance Procedure. Such grievance shall be filed within five (5) working days of the incident giving rise to the complaint and be in the form prescribed in Step Any such grievance may be referred to arbitration under Article by either the Union in the case of a Union grievance or the Company in the case of a Company grievance. The Union...
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. For purposes of this a grievance is defined as a difference arising between the parties relating to (theinterpretation, application, administration or alleged violation of the including any question as to whether a matter is arbitrable. At the time formal discipline imposed or at any stage of the grievance procedure, including the plaint stage, a nurse is entitled to be represented by her or his representative. In the case of suspension or discharge, the Hospital shall the nurse of this right in advance. The Hospital also agrees, as a good labour relations practice, in most circumstances it will also the local Association. It is the intent of the parties that complaints of nurses shall be adjusted as quickly as possible, and it is that a nurse has no grievance until she or he has first given her his immediate supervisor the opportunity of AGREEMENT MARCH adjusting the complaint. Such c shall be discussed with her or his immediate supervisor within (9) calendar days after the circumstances giving rise to it have occurred r ought reasonably to have come to the attention of the nurse. This may include advice and assistance from others. If is no settlement within nine (9) calendar days, it shall then be taken up a a grievance within nine (9) calendar days in the following manner and Step No. The nurse may submit a by the nurse, to the be on a form grievance parties. The Chief Nursing in writing within nine (9) grievance was presented No. through the Association, signed designate. The grievance shall shall identi the nature of the the provisions of the The parties may, if they so and place suitable to both or designate will deliver her or his decision days following the day on which the Failing settlement, then: nine (9) calendar days the decision under Step No. the grievance may be submitted to the Hospital Administrator or designate. A meeting will the HospitalAdministrator or designate and the nine (9) calendar days of the submission of extended by agreement of the parties. It of the Ontario Nurses’ present at the meeting. It is further or designate may at such meeting. within nine (9) the step A complaint or grievance g directly between the Hospital and the Association concerning the retation, application or alleged violation of the Agreement shall be originate at Step No. within fourteen (14) calendar days following the circumstance giving rise to the complaint or grievance. A grievance by the Hospital be filed with the Bargaining Unit President or designa...
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. For purposes of this Agreement, a grievance is defined as a difference arising between the parties relating to the interpretation, application, administration or alleged violation of the Agreement including any question as to whether a matter is arbitrable. At the time formal discipline is imposed or at any stage of the grievance procedure, including the complaint stage, a nurse is entitled to be represented by her or his union representative. In the case of suspension or discharge, the Hospital shall notify the nurse of this right in advance. The Hospital also agrees, as a good labour relations practice, in most circumstances it will also notify the local Association. The Hospital agrees that where a nurse is required to attend a meeting with the Hospital that may lead to disciplinary action, as a good labour relations practice, it will inform the nurse of the purpose of the meeting. It is the intent of the parties that complaints of nurses shall be adjusted as quickly as possible, and it is understood that a nurse has no grievance until she or he has first given her or his immediate supervisor the opportunity of adjusting the complaint. Such complaint shall be discussed with her or his immediate supervisor within nine (9) calendar days after the circumstances giving rise to it have occurred or ought reasonably to have to the attention of the nurse. This discussion may include consultation, advice and assistance from others. If there is no settlement within nine (9) calendar days, it shall then be taken up as a grievance within nine
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. For purposes of this Agreement, a grievance is defined as a difference arising between the parties relating to the interpretation, application, administration or alleged violation of the Agreement including any question as to whether a matter is arbitrable. At the time formal discipline is imposed or at any stage of the grievance procedure, including the complaint stage, a nurse is entitled to be represented by her or his union representative. In the case of suspension or discharge, the Hospital shall notify the nurse of this right in advance. The Hospital also agrees, as a good labour relations practice, in most circumstances it also notify the local Association. The Hospital agrees that where a nurse is required to attend a meeting with the Hospital that may lead to disciplinary action, as a good labour relations practice, it will inform the nurse of the purpose of the meeting. It is the intent of the parties that complaints of nurses shall be adjusted as quickly as possible, and it is understood that a nurse has no grievance until she or he has first given her or his immediate supervisor the opportunity of adjusting the complaint. Such complaint shall be discussed with her or his immediate supervisor within nine
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. The parties to this Agreement are agreed that it is of the utmost importance to adjust complaints and grievances as quickly as possible. No grievance shall be considered:
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. It is the mutual desire of the parties hereto that complaints of the employees shall be adjusted as quickly as possible without stoppage of work, and it is understood that an employee may present an oral complaint at any time, without recourse to the grievance procedure herein. A grievance shall be defined as a Complaint regarding the meaning, interpretation, application or alleged violation of this Agreement, or in the case of an employee who has acquired seniority under this Agreement, a complaint that he has been discharged or disciplined without cause. It is understood that an employee has no grievance until he has first given his immediate supervisor an opportunity to adjust his complaint. STEP If an employee has a complaint, he shall discuss it with his immediate supervisor. In order to be considered a grievance, such discussion must take place within two (2) working days the circumstances giving rise to the complaint first occurred or originated or the employee reasonably ought to have known of the circumstances. The immediate supervisor shall communicate his reply to the complaint with two (2) working days. If such complaint is not settled to the satisfaction of the employee concerned, the complainant may file a written grievance in the following manner and sequence. STEP The employee shall with the assistance of a xxxxxxx submit a signed, dated written statement of such grievance (on a form supplied by the Union) to the Superintendent or his designate within two (2) working days he has received the reply of the immediate supervisor. The nature of the grievance, the Article of the Agreement that has been violated, misapplied or misinterpreted, and the relief or remedy sought shall be clearly set out in the grievance. The wording of the grievance presented at this step may be changed or amended for the purpose of clarification at any time up to and including Step but not thereafter. The Superintendent or his designate, as the case may be, will hold a meeting within three (3) working days, or such other time as may be agreed by the parties, with the and the xxxxxxx, to discuss the grievance and shall deliver his decision in writing within two (2) working days following the meeting. Failing settlement, then: STEP3 Within three (3) working days following the decision under Step No. the written grievance will be forwarded to the Human Resources Manager or his designate who will hold a meeting within five (5) working days, or such other time as may be ag...
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. The Employer and the Union agree that discussions should occur between employees, Local Union Representatives and Employer representatives when problems or differences arise, in an attempt to resolve problems or differences. This grievance procedure is not intended to preclude any discussion between employees, Local Union Representatives and Employer representatives. If any difference concerning the interpretation, application, operation or alleged violation of the Agreement arises between the Employer and the Union, or between the and the Employer, it shall be processed according to the following grievance procedure. Nothing in this provision deprives of any rights or remedies to which they are entitled in any legislation. Grievances involving the interpretation, application, operation or alleged violation of the Agreement, including any question as to whether a matter is arbitrable, must have the approval and support of Union before being filed. The time limits set out in the grievance procedure are mandatory and not directory. In calculating time limits, Saturdays, Sundays, and designated paid holidays pursuant to Article of this Agreement shall be excluded. If the time limits set out in Complaint Step, Step or Step of the grievance procedure are not complied with,then the grievance will be considered as being abandoned, unless the parties have mutually agreed, in writing, to extend the time limits. If the Employer fails to meet a time limit, the Union, at its option, may either advance the grievance to the next step or await the Employer’s response, in which case no time limit shall apply against the Union until it has received the Employer’s response. shall have the right to be represented by a Local Union Representative at any step of the grievance procedure. At either the Complaint Step or Step the Employer representative may be assisted by a Human Resource or other representative. The Local Union shall be given full opportunity to present evidence and make representations in the grievance procedure. The and the Local Union Representative shall be able to attend such meetings without loss of pay. The employee shall be advised by the Employer of their right to have a Local Union Representative present at any disciplinary meeting or at any meeting or discussion held to investigate alleged misconduct of the Steps of the Grievance Procedure STEP 1: Complaint: Within twenty five (25) days of the date upon which the employee did become, or ought reasonabl...
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. The Company agrees to notify the Union of the reason for the discharge of any employee. Any discharge may be discussed as a grievance. In the event that an employee is discharged and after subsequent investigation is exonerated and reinstated, that employee shall be reimbursed for the time lost by reason of such discharge on the basis of regularly scheduled normalnumber of daily hours of work less earnings received from other employers in respect of the period involved for which the employee is to be reimbursed. The Company agrees to forward to the Union Bargaining Committee a copy of any written reprimand placed in an employee's file on or after the effective date of this agreement, except when the employee concerned requests the Company not to do so at the time of the reprimand discussion. The Company and the Unionwill make every assist an employee tocorrect their actions prior to imposing discipline. Disciplinewill be given for just cause, and in a progressive manner except in the case of a matter of significant severity. When discipline is to be given, the Company will provide a copy, with reasons, to both the employee and the xxxxxxx. The employee and/or the xxxxxxx (with the employee’s authorization) will be given access to that employee’s personnel file once a year on appointment, inthe presenceof the Human ResourcesManageror a delegate thereof. Disciplinewill be removed from the employee’s file after a period of months, on condition that no other infraction or misconduct of a similar nature has occurred during this period. Any dispute, grievance or misunderstanding called “grievance”) involving occupational classification, wages, seniority, hours of work or other working conditions which any employee or group of employees may desire to discuss and adjust with the Company shall be handled as follows: The employee shalltake up his grievancedirectly with the shift section head or supervisor, except where the employee believesthat proper expression or explanation is difficult with the section head or supervisor, in which case the employee may report the matterto the xxxxxxx representinghis group, who, together with the employee, may take the matter up with the sectionhead or supervisor. the permission of the employee’s supervisor another xxxxxxx may be consulted on a grievance by the employee inthe absenceof the regular xxxxxxx representingthe group or shift. If the grievance is not adjusted by the section head or supervisor five
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. In cases of alleged misinterpretation or misapplication arising out of agreements concluded by the National Joint Council of the Public Service on items which may be included in a collective agreement and which the parties to this agreement have endorsed, the grievance procedure will be in accordance with Section of Appendix “A” of the National Joint Council by-laws. Subject to and as provided in Section of the Public Service Staff Relations Act, any employee who feels to be aggrieved by the interpretation or application in respect of employee of a provision of a statute, or of a regulation, by-law, direction, or other instrument made or issued by the Council, dealing with terms and conditions of employment, or as a result of any other occurrence or matter affecting the employee’s terms and conditions of employment, other than those arising out of the classification process, is entitled to present a grievance in the manner prescribed in clause except that, if there is another administrative procedure applicable to the employee provided by or under any Act of Parliament to deal with the employee’s specific complaint, such procedure must be followed. An employee may discuss a complaint with a representative from management before presenting a grievance. An employee may submit a grievance on a document other than the grievance form which may be supplied by the Council. An employee who wishes to present a grievance at any prescribed level in the grievance procedure shall transmit this grievance to the representative of the Council authorized to deal with grievances on the Council’s behalf at level one (1) of the grievance procedure applicable to employees of the Council, who shall provide the employee with a receipt stating the date on which the grievance was received. An employee may be assisted by, and/or represented by the Association when presenting a grievance at any level. Notwithstanding the contents of clause an employee is not entitled to present any grievance relating to the interpretation or application in respect of the employee of a provision of a Collective Agreement or Arbitral Award unless the employee has the approval of and is represented by the Association, or any grievance relating to any action taken pursuant to an instruction, direction or regulation given or made as described in Section of the Public Service Staff Relations Act. An employee cannot be represented by any employee organization other than the Association in the presentation ...
ARTICLE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. The grievance procedures herein provided for are among the most important matters in the successful administration of this Agreement. The Company and the Union therefore agree that the designated grievance procedure as hereinafter set forth shall serve as and constitute the sole and exclusive means to be utilized by the for the prompt disposition, decision and final settlement of a grievance arising in respect of the interpretation, application, administration or alleged violation of this Agreement, and the specifically designated grievance procedure shall be strictly followed. Wherever the term procedure" is used in this Agreement, it shall be considered as including the arbitration procedure.
